Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-11
NO. 6.
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Henry W. stanIey'- IEabits.
u am now forty four years of age. said
he, and spite of all the hardships endured
upon my travels through The Dark Cont
nent, have never felt better in my life
And you attribute this to what !"
"To the accumulation Of information on
correct habits Of health
How did you come to take interest in
the subject -
81 didn't begin to study health for the
sake Of the study. II was in the course Of
special work.
~ came to New York in 1856, and was
sent by Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the
New York Herald. to accompany General
Napier's expedition to Abyssinia.'
"Then your education IN health laws be-
gan Z"
Eyes, practically. had not thought much
about the subject before, even then it was
not a deep study | only saw how much
work could he done with simple habits. |
used no liquor my food consisted of meat
procured by the slaughter Of the cattle Of
the country, and a common dark bread
made from millet, and milk. | was not a
day i'll from the beginning until the expedi
ton returned home in May, 1868 In the
Creton revolution, 1868 1 also represented
The New York Herald, and my health ex-
perience was the same. | had plenty of
plain food, meats, rye bread and milk In
the early part of 1869 went to Spain for
The Herald. 1t was the time Of the Carlst
war. My habits continued still about the
same.
Were you able to battle regularly =
Certainly. | used "A tepid bath every
morning when spending some time in one
place, and regularly at the end of a march
| have always used a rough towel vigorous
~ after bathing, and find the exercise and
friction most agreeable At Zanzibar !
formed an expedition for the finding and
relief of DIR. Livingstone | employed two
white men and POO natives. One of the
white men, Shaw, had been mate Of an
American ship, and the other, Farquahar
mate of an English ship Both had been
accustomed to hardship, but were fond of
liquor 1t was the awful consequences at
tending their indulgence in it that first
aroused my attention to the effect of alec
holc stimulants in Africa. | sent Farqua-
har forward a few miles to form camp, and
when paying up the hotel and other bills
found that he had drank eighteen bottles
of brandy before starting. The effect upon
him was still visible after we had iuurneyed
100 miles. He then became dropsical and
died Shaw had been helping him to con
sumo the brandy at Zanzibar He was mo
rose. and when he could get no more left
me at Unyanyenbe, 800 miles march, His
object was to find an opportunity to drink
to his heart content of the stale beer oh
tainable there | heard that he in delirium
| suppose put an end to his life. ! contin
ued my journey with the natives until
found Livingstone. in few weeks after
wards. He was lodged at place within
800 miles of Zanzibar, TO reach which it
took me eight months. In the course of
our conversation he said, Wine and wom-
en- have been the curse Of the white man
in Africa. BY wine he meant every imtoX-
icatng beverage of the country"
Was DR.. Livingstone a teetotaler =
In Africa he never touched liquor Of
any kind.
what was the nature Of the fare YOU
were able to procure ON your way through
the country =
Goat meat, Indian corn cake. bananas
and milk
Your next expedition to Africa was"
I'm 1874. Three Englishmen accompa-
MED me ! took the trouble 10 inquire re
garding their habits, to make sure that
they were temperate, having already had
sad experience with Incorporate men. We
had in our stores twelve bottles of pure
brandy from Zanzibar, on an expedition
that might have lasted from three to ten
years. One was broken and spilled and six
were consumed for medicinal purposes.
They were disposed of in this way. One
was given to the men suffering from dysen-
terry, two were consumed by the white man,
Pocock, who died of typhoid fever the
stimulants kept him up for two weeks the
youngest white man. Barker, got one bot
tie; he also died The elder Pocock was
then the only white man left to me- In the
course of year he and the colored people
consumed two bottles. At the end of two
years and nine months five bottles remain
ed, These we buried at Nyangwee, think
ing that we might want them ON our re
turn. for we then did not know but that
like other travellers, we might be driven
back by native hostilities. This, however,
was not our fortune, and we continued our
voyage down the river Luababa until we
emerged ON the Atlantic. The five bottles
of brandy, for aught l know, still remain
where we left them
Did you drink any of the brandy Z"
"The whole time, three and "A half years,
| may have taken ten tablespoonfuls Of it."
What kind of food did you Use =
Mutton, beef goat meat, game sweet
potatoes, pumpkins, bananas, peanuts, tea
coffee and milk
Was your appetite always good =
Yes save when in fever | was nine
months in the widest parts of Africa
without a symptom of disease. This good
fortune ! attribute to the increase of knowl-
edge concerning health habits the ndul-
gence in simple food, the bath, and judi
cious exercise
Did you sleep well p
Until toward the end The great sense
of responsibility disquieted my mind, and
lost sixty three pounds in weight. When
started l weighed 1870 pounds, when re
turned was only III. The nervous activ'
ity was such that l could not sleep-no, not
even when | had paced for hours outside
the camp, in the hope of wooing it by ia
tigue. '-Herdid Of Health.